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  1. Hull survive despite defeat

    Hull survive despite defeat

    Hull City escaped relegation from the Premier League despite losing 1-0 at home to champions Manchester United. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Hull City
    • Manchester United
    • - IT'S ALL OVER AT VILLA PARK!!! NEWCASTLE ARE DOWN AND HULL STAY UP!!!
    • 90+5' All over here, but play continues at Villa Park...
    • 90+4' A minute to go, and Hull look set to stay up despite losing this game.
    • 90+3' Nobody is watching the game! They are just listening to the Newcastle match on the radio!
    • 90+1' Four minutes of stoppage time!
    • 90' Somebody do something! United are just passing this game to death!
    • 89' Hull are just allowing United to pass the ball around. It may be a warm, sunny afternoon, but you have to apply more pressure than this.
    • 88' Manchester United: Zoran Tosic comes on for Danny Welbeck.
    • 87' NANI!!! Stings Myhill's palms with a long-range effort.. over for a corner.
    • 86' Still no more goals at Villa Park. Click the link to follow the closing stages there. Aston Villa v Newcastle
    • 85' United break with speed, but Welbeck ignores his support and takes a shot which is blocked. A let-off for Hull.
    • 85' Yet another Hull throw on the right... once more United defend it with ease.
    • 83' Nani stays down after an innocuous challenge - that's pretty embarrassing, especially considering the circumstances.
    • 82' Turner!!! Nearly catches Kuszczak out with a looping header but the Pole recovers in time to make the save.
    • 81' Daniel Cousin replaces Richard Garcia.
    • 80' Mendy wins a corner, plays a one-two and crosses from the right... he cannot find a team-mate.
    • 79' United change: On comes Rodrigo Possebon for Ritchie De Laet.
    • 78' Another long throw to the United box is cleared. But Hull arestarting to ratcher up the pressure.
    • 76' Wes Brown concedes a corner, but once again United deal with it easily - Fletcher makes the clearing header this time.
    • 74' Eckersley has a crack at goal but his shot misses to the left.
    • 72' Ritchie De Laet goes down after a rash challenge by Mendy and that could be the end of his afternoon.
    • 71' Martin appears to be fouled at the edge of the Hull box, but referee Wiley was right there and he says play on!
    • 70' MACHEDA!!! Martin finds the Italian on the left side of the Hull box but he places his shot high over the bar. A real chance.
    • 69' Dawson strikes the free-kick... held by Kuszczak.
    • 68' Hull make a change - Bernard Mendy on for Nicky Barmby.
    • 68' Handball by Gibson and this will be a real chance for Hull from the free-kick.
    • 67' Good catch by Myhill to claim a cross from the right by Nani.
    • 66' Hull win a corner on the right, Dawson swings it in and Kuszczak punches authoritatively away.
    • 65' Hull are preparing to make a chnage - it looks like Bernard Mendy will come on.
    • 63' Nani twists and clips a cross into the box from the left... headed away.
    • 62' Well, it is all United at the moment. Hull's best chance seems to be to wait and hope Newcastle do not score at Villa.
    • 60'; Yellow card to Marney for a foul on Rafael, who is immediately replaced by Richard Eckersley.
    • 59' Gibson tries another long range shot but gets it all wrong and that bends out in the direction of the corner flag.
    • 58' There is real tension around the KC Stadium. Middlesbrough are losing again at Upton Park but Newcastle are still behind.
    • 56' Marney strikes a 25-yard free-kick but it hits a team-mate and ricochets to safety.
    • 54' Hull make a change. That is probably the last you will see of Geovanni in a Hull shirt... he is replaced by Caleb Folan.
    • 53' The corner is played in to Turner!! Meets it with a powerful header but straight at Kuszczak.
    • 53' Crossed to Barmby at the back stick who meets the ball with a diving header, but Kuszczak blocks it!
    • 52' United have had much the better of the second half so far..
    • 50' GOAL AT UPTON PARK: Middlesbrough are level against West Ham, although they will need four more to put Hull in danger. West Ham 1-1 Middlesbrough
    • 49' Rafael crosses from the right and Dawson puts the ball over the bar for a corner.
    • 48' Nicolas Anelka has scored for Chelsea, which means all four of the 'relegation' teams are losing. That also means Anelka nicks the golden boot from Cristiano Ronaldo. Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea
    • 47' Macheda crosses for Fletcher who chests down at the edge of the box but the ball is nicked away from him.
    • 46' Off we go! The second half is under way! No personnel changes from either side.
    • 45+2' Just a couple of minutes of stoppage time, and that is the end of the first half. Hull trail, but as things stand they will stay up!
    • 45' Boateng goes on an uncharacteristically marauding run down the right to win yet another throw on the right... yet again, it comes to nothing.
    • 44' Foul by Barmby and United have a free-kick in the final third on the left... they play it short and lose possession.
    • 43' Geovanni it is who strikes the free-kick... it is semi-charged down and dribbles through to Kuszczak.
    • 42' The goalscorer Darron Gibson is booked for a clumsy trip on Craig Fagan, and Geovanni will fancy this free-kick position.
    • 40' There is a quiet passage of play now although United are just shading it.
    • 38' With Newcastle and Middlesbrough noth losing, things are looking good for Hull. West Ham v Middlesbrough
    • 37' GOAL AT VILLA PARK!!! And you can tell who got it by the delirious reaction of the Hull fans! Newcastle trail! Click the link for more. Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle
    • 36' DAWSON!!! He thrashes a long-range shot! A good hit, but straight at Kuszczak who palms over.
    • 35' MACHEDA!! Twists and turns into shooting position but he fires just wide! Hull under some real pressure now.
    • 34' Hull free-kick... struck by Geovanni, but it is well off target!
    • 33' Welbeck weaves his way past two challenges and gets to the edge of the box, but he drags his left-foot shot a foot or so wide. Myhill probably had it covered anyway.
    • 31' Ricketts tries again with another long throw from the right but again United head it clear.
    • 29' TURNER!! The big centre-back meets a cross from the left with a header that floats over the bar!
    • 29' Dawson delivers a left-foot free-kick into the box from the left... it lacks accuracy and United clear.
    • 28' Newcastle's result is now crucial to Hull's chances - click the link for full coverage from Villa Park. Aston Villa v Newcastle
    • 27' Alex Ferguson said he would field a team capable of winning today and so far he has been as good as his word.
    • 26' Federico Macheda nearly adds a second from close range, but Myhill is equal to it.
    • 25' A fine finish from the young Irishman there, but should Myhill have got to it? The news has been received rapturously by Newcastle's fans. As things stand, Hull are down!
    • 24' GOOOOOAAALLL!!! Darron Gibson opens the scoring for Manchester United!! He curls the ball into the top-right corner from the edge of the box!! Great finish!
    • 22' Ricketts with another long throw. The ball pinballs as far as Garcia, whose weak shot is easily held by Kuszczak.
    • 20' United clear the corner and look to break but with Messrs Rooney and Ronaldo back in Manchester, the counter-attack lacks its usual precision.
    • 19' Another good spell of possession from Hull, who win another corner on the right side.
    • 18' NANI!!! The shot sneaks through the wall but bounces into Myhill's hands.
    • 17' United free-kick 30 yards out, Nani to smash this into the crowd...
    • 16' No goals yet in any of the other relegation games. We'll keep you posted on all the other action.
    • 15' Nani is on the ground whining. Wonder where he got that from? Referee Wiley tells him to get up.
    • 14' Geovanni feints outside Rafael and delivers a good cross from the left, but Brown is there to head clear.
    • 12' Ricketts lobs a long throw from the right but there is a foul by Dawson in the box.
    • 11' United are certainly putting in plenty of effort. You'd have to imagine none of them will play any part on Wednesday so they have no reason to hold back.
    • 10' Better from United, and Lee Martin wins a corner on the left side, Nani to take.
    • 8' Fagan races through the middle and nearly pokes the ball past Kuszczak but the big Pole smothers the ball.
    • 7' United have a couple of big hitters at the back - Gary Neville and Wes Brown are their two centre-backs while Rafael da Silva is at right-back.
    • 6' The corner is cleared again, but United's inexperienced team are under pressure.
    • 5' Good start from Hull, who have pinned United right back in their own final third. Another corner.
    • 4' Corner Hull... Dawson delivers from the right and swings it into the box... it flashes across the area and away to safety.
    • 3' Nani jumps into Dawson and gives away the game's firsy free-kick.
    • 1' Game on at the KC Stadium! This is the most important game in the history of Hull City!
    • - We have live comments from all 10 games, or click the link for scores, scorers and highlights from across the division. Premier League scores and scorers
    • - The teams come out to a great reception at the KC Stadium - they have been given real hope by that United team selection.
    • - MAN UTD: Kuszczak, Rafael Da Silva, Neville, Brown, De Laet, Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Welbeck, Martin, Macheda... Subs: Amos, Tosic, Possebon, Eckersley, Corry Evans, Drinkwater, James... Alan Wiley is the referee.
    • - HULL: Myhill, Ricketts, Turner, Kilbane, Dawson, Garcia, Marney, Boateng, Barmby, Geovanni, Fagan... Subs: Duke, Hughes, Mendy, Halmosi, Folan, Zayatte, Cousin
    • - Hull City know that a victory will be enough to keep them in the Premier League, but in their way are the Champions, Manchester United. Only they aren't. All the regulars are preparing for the Champions League final so it is a very unusual-looking visiting side.

  • Team Stats

    Hull City Stats Manchester United
    32% Possession 67%
    14 Shots 13
    8 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 3
    8 Corners 3
    11 Fouls 17
    3 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 21
    152 Accurate passes 388
    35 Bad passes 63

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3
      3 Andy Dawson 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 24 9 1
      6 Michael Turner 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 6 3 1
      8 Nick Barmby 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 4 1
      10 Marcio Geovanni 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 2 3
      7 Craig Fagan 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 11 6 1
      22 Dean Marney 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 15 4 2
      20 George Boateng 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 15 3 10
      17 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 2 2
      14 Richard Garcia 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 1 5
      18 Caleb Folan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Bernard Mendy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2
      25 Daniel Cousin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bryan Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 1 2
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 41 1 1
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 45 9 0
      44 Ritchie de Laet 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 4
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 20 3 4
      30 Lee Martin 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 34 9 3
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 55 3 3
      28 Darron Gibson 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 62 12 0
      41 Federico Macheda 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 17 8 1
      19 Danny Welbeck 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 1
      45 Corry Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      42 Richard Eckersley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 2
      40 Ben Amos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      47 Matthew James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Rodrigo Possebon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 0
      46 Daniel Drinkwater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Zoran Tosic 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0

  • Summary

    • - IT'S ALL OVER AT VILLA PARK!!! NEWCASTLE ARE DOWN AND HULL STAY UP!!!
    • 87' NANI!!! Stings Myhill's palms with a long-range effort.. over for a corner.
    • 82' Turner!!! Nearly catches Kuszczak out with a looping header but the Pole recovers in time to make the save.
    • 70' MACHEDA!!! Martin finds the Italian on the left side of the Hull box but he places his shot high over the bar. A real chance.
    • 59' Gibson tries another long range shot but gets it all wrong and that bends out in the direction of the corner flag.
    • 36' DAWSON!!! He thrashes a long-range shot! A good hit, but straight at Kuszczak who palms over.
    • 35' MACHEDA!! Twists and turns into shooting position but he fires just wide! Hull under some real pressure now.
    • 29' TURNER!! The big centre-back meets a cross from the left with a header that floats over the bar!
    • 24' GOOOOOAAALLL!!! Darron Gibson opens the scoring for Manchester United!! He curls the ball into the top-right corner from the edge of the box!! Great finish!
    • 18' NANI!!! The shot sneaks through the wall but bounces into Myhill's hands.
    • - Hull City know that a victory will be enough to keep them in the Premier League, but in their way are the Champions, Manchester United. Only they aren't. All the regulars are preparing for the Champions League final so it is a very unusual-looking visiting side.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Michael Turner

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • S. Ricketts
    • M. Turner
    • K. Kilbane
    • A. Dawson
    • R. Garcia Substitution Out (81′)
    • G. Boateng
    • D. Marney Yellow Card
    • N. Barmby Yellow Card Substitution Out (68′)
    • .. Geovanni Substitution Out (54′)
    • C. Fagan

    Subs

    • B. Mendy Substitution In68′
    • D. Cousin Substitution In81′
    • B. Hughes
    • P. Halmosi
    • K. Zayatte
    • C. Folan Substitution In54′
    • M. Duke

    Injured

    • A. Gardner
    • J. Bullard
    • I. Ashbee

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Darren Fletcher

    Starting line-up

    • T. Kuszczak
    • R. Da Silva Substitution Out (60′)
    • W. Brown
    • G. Neville
    • R. De Laet Substitution Out (79′)
    • .. Nani
    • D. Fletcher
    • D. Gibson Goal Yellow Card
    • L. Martin
    • D. Welbeck Substitution Out (88′)
    • F. Macheda

    Subs

    • Z. Tosic Substitution In88′
    • R. Possebon Substitution In79′
    • B. Amos
    • R. Eckersley Substitution In60′
    • M. James
    • C. Evans
    • D. Drinkwater

    Injured

    • O. Hargreaves
    • B. Foster

    Suspended

    None

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  1. We are your supports.
    COME ON MANCHESTER UNITED

    From Sweet, on Mon 17 Aug 1:41PM

  2. I love you manchester united

    From Sweet, on Mon 17 Aug 1:38PM

  3. man utd is the winner

    From Devindiran, on Wed 3 Jun 2:31AM

  4. i will still walk alone i need no1 2 walk with mee­
    come on united

    From dani_boy786, on Sat 30 May 9:47PM

  5. Dutty goal by Gibson look how long away fromm the nit­ he stroke the ball that was cold

    From ruyao1k, on Thu 28 May 6:53PM

  6. manu manu manu

    From DENNIS, on Mon 25 May 2:00PM

  7. LIVERPOOL WON NOTHING AGAIN WHAT A GREAT SEASON FOR­ EVERYBODY ELSE

    From Pete H, on Mon 25 May 1:21PM

  8. it doesn't matter what happened in rome, the pride­ is we are their and leverpool isn't just cause­ they're not good enough.

    From JEROME1985, on Mon 25 May 11:37AM

  9. slagin off man u is just jealousy, i don't like­ jealousy i like fact, so let talk about fact, man u is­ the only team to win 11 in 18 years that a fact,­ leverpool hadn't won it in 18 years thats a fact,­ we beat leverpool 7 years home and away without conceed­ a single goal thats a fact, leverpool was a big club­ 20000 years ago thats a fact, man u are the CHAMPIONS­ LEAGUE THE CARLING CUP EUROPE AND THE WORLD that a­ fact, old trafford is twice the size of anfield thats a­ fact, man u are way richer the leverpool thats a fact,­ leverpool fans are shop lifters thats a fact, rafa is­ pregnant thats a fact, FACT FACT FACT FACT.

    From JEROME1985, on Mon 25 May 11:30AM

  10. HAHAHA!!! Glory glory man utd!

    From Angelos, on Mon 25 May 10:45AM

  11. Well done Machester United, let keep the same spirt for­ next season "UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDEDE WE­ FALL" Aa long as we are united progress will­ always come our way. Once again congartulation. ­
    Mustapha

    From mustapha, on Mon 25 May 9:52AM

  12. Half of my family are celebrating cos Sunderland are­ staying up but the other half are probs drowning their­ sorrows over Newcastle. Me? I'm the happiest girl­ in the world. 90 points. We kicked ur @#$% loserpool.­ TBH I'd rather walk alone.

    MAN U R GONNA BEAT­ BARCA!

    From Kevin, on Mon 25 May 7:44AM

  13. 90 point mark well done that is an achievement in the­ modern league and man uniteds future looks great so­ hopefully liverpools grubby mitts will be kept away­ from the title for many years to come and i mention­ liverpool because im sick of them always coming onto­ man united forums and talking nonsense typical scum but­ let them rant and let rafa rant it wont win them the­ league

    From reddevils_4life99, on Sun 24 May 11:05PM

  14. Well you know what they say 'Only winners come­­ first', everyone else are???

    From Sid, on Sun 24 May 10:57PM

  15. Scott, you fackin plank. United have embarrassed you­ scouse burglers for the last 15 yrs & will continue­ to do so for the next 15.
    Get real & smell the­ coffee old son.
    I'm no United lover, but if­ it's a @#$% up between them & your pikey,­ thieving sc*m from the thieving capital of Europe,­ I'll take the TRUE Reds every time.
    Get your­ balaclava on & go rob some old grannies gaff for­ your ciggie money you loser.

    From Graham, on Sun 24 May 10:20PM

  16. Winners win, losers lose, end of!

    From Trev, on Sun 24 May 9:57PM

  17. To: MU Winner - You are giving a speech or what?­ hahaha.. anyway, i like that.. hahahaha..

    From mohd aznan, on Sun 24 May 9:00PM

  18. Manchester United already won the Barclays Premier­ League and become Champions. Man U deserve to win, win­ more cup because they are team which have spirit in­ Soccer, good motivated and inspiration, good morale,­ clever strategy/ formation, strong squad, hard working­ player and cooperation in a team. Their Reserve team­ also is good team, in overall Man U's Academy is­ good. Ronaldo although many people hate/blame him, but­ he already show he is qualify as World Of The Player­ because get many Vote and good performance as­ Footballer. Man U is not waste the time when they play,­ playing very well, create more chance on attack to­ score goal until they win. Thats why I love Man U and­ Man U Fan. I think, Man U is really good team in­ Overall. Thanks.

    From MU Winner, on Sun 24 May 8:50PM

  19. 274.

    It is not in the nature to let another team win,­ no matter the situation in the league.

    From Grandmaster, on Sun 24 May 8:44PM

  20. 273. Scott.

    Stop moaning. You are just getting nervous­ about our success at the moment.

    Spend more time on­ the Scouse boards, and don't spend sleepless nights­ thinking about the greatest team.

    Suck you thumb, and­ F**K off little boy.

    Is my grammer good enough for­ you?

    From Grandmaster, on Sun 24 May 8:43PM
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